Software Developer, Services

Ilir Sela started Slice with the belief that local pizzerias deserve all of the advantages of major franchises without compromising their independence. Starting with his familys pizzerias we now empower over tens of thousands of restaurants with the technology services and collective power that owners need to better serve their digitally minded customers and build lasting businesses. Were growing and adding more talent to help fulfil this valuable mission. Thats where you come in.

This position is open to applicants based in Canada in the Ontario province.

The Challenge to Solve

How do mom-and-pop pizzerias survive and win in a world of big-budget pizza chains and third-party apps This is the challenge youll help solve at Slice. Local pizzerias already outperform the big chains in offline sales yet are outsold 20-to-1 online a gap were determined to close. We operate at the intersection of high stakes and local community: our mission is to level the playing field for small businesses by providing them with the technology and capabilities that rival those of the biggest players. When a shop partners with Slice our goal is that it feels as if theyve just hired 1000 people to support their business. As an engineer on our team youll seek out bold asymmetric opportunities to create these outsized impacts for our restaurant partners and the millions of customers they serve. Its not just about writing code its about writing the future of local pizza.

What Youll Do

As a Software Developer on our Services team you will immerse yourself in our ambitious mission and take on a wide range of responsibilities to drive customer impact. Specifically you will:

• Build innovative features & services: Design code and launch new backend features that help our restaurant partners operate more efficiently and deliver exceptional seamless experiences to their customers. Your work will directly enhance real-world interactions between shops and pizza lovers every day.
• Identify game-changing opportunities: Constantly look for asymmetric opportunities where a small technical change can deliver disproportionate value. Youll use your creativity and entrepreneurial mindset to find 10x solutions that delight users and give our partners an edge.
• Own projects end-to-end: Take ownership of initiatives from concept through production. Youll work closely with product design and other teams to define solutions execute rapidly and iterate based on feedback. When you see a problem you dont wait - you tackle it.
• Use the best tools for the job: While our primary stack is Python (Flask) we embrace any technology that delivers value. You might rewrite a microservice from Go to Python craft a script in Ruby or leverage a new cloud service whatever it takes to solve the task at hand in a scalable way.
• Collaborate in a small agile team: Work alongside a tight-knit team of 5 to 8 backend engineers (across the US UK and Europe) who are as passionate about the mission as you are. Together you will review code brainstorm ideas and push each other to raise the bar while maintaining a fun supportive atmosphere.
• Ensure quality and performance at scale: Employ best practices in coding testing monitoring and DevOps to ensure our services are reliable and performant. You build it you own it - from writing unit tests to fine-tuning logging and alerting youll make sure your code runs smoothly in production.

The Winning Recipe

Were looking for bold founder-like engineers who arent afraid to challenge the status quo and build products that make a real difference. If youre an unconventional thinker and a highly productive doer youll feel right at home. The ideal candidate has:

• Owners mindset: You think like a founder. You take initiative own problems end-to-end and move with urgency to deliver results. Obstacles energize you and you thrive in a fast-paced ambiguous startup environment where your decisions drive real impact.
• Proven builder: You have solid experience crafting scalable backend systems in Python (Flask) and working with databases and cloud services. Youre comfortable diving into monitoring and logging tools to keep systems healthy. More importantly youre technology-agnostic you quickly pick up new languages or frameworks (Go Ruby or whatever is needed) to solve problems effectively.
• Remote-ready collaborator: You excel at working on a distributed team and communicating asynchronously. Youre comfortable collaborating with teammates across different time zones and backgrounds and you know how to stay connected and communicative in a remote work setting.
• Product & customer focus: You care deeply about the why behind your code. You can clearly express opinions on product direction and design always keeping the end-customer and restaurant owner in mind. At the same time you respect others perspectives and believe the best ideas can come from anywhere.
• Innovative problem solver: You love finding creative solutions to hard problems. Words like impossible or uncharted fuel your curiosity. You seek out those asymmetric win scenarios and arent afraid to experiment adapt and iterate to achieve a better outcome for users.

If youve ever dreamed of building something big scrappy and impactful and you have the skills to back it up - we want to meet you!

The Extras

Working at Slice comes with a comprehensive set of benefits but here are some of the unexpected highlights:

• Access to medical dental and vision plans
• Flexible working hours
• Generous time off policies
• 200 per annum employee wellbeing allowance
• Market leading maternity and paternity schemes

The Hiring Process

Heres what we expect the hiring process for this role to be should all go well with your candidacy. This entire process is expected to take 1-3 weeks to complete and youd be expected to start on a specific date.

• Application
• 30 minute introductory meeting
• 90 minute Live Coding Interview & 60 minute Technical Interview
• 30 minute Hiring Manager meeting
• Offer!

Pizza brings people together. Slice is no different. Were an Equal Opportunity Employer and embrace a diversity of backgrounds cultures and perspectives. We do not discriminate on the basis of race colour gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression religion disability national origin protected veteran status age or any other status protected by applicable national federal state or local law. We are also proud members of the Diversity Mark NI initiative as a Bronze Member.

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